Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-21
:. A DEATH BROKER.
BUSINESS WAlCH REVERSeS TAe
OPERATIONS OF LIFE INSURANCE.

Making sfhii
Are CaIIed-Iu,inS L-G.ci-> eel People
With p-rt.Ii"",-B-u-hI> snd L">--s
at Ih. Business.
lt WAS iu real estate brokers Office on
Court >tTN-'I. ami Ihe JiIu- was alter dinner
Tia broker had just diSpuS.Sl # Ing brick
swell front hnu>. "n Commonwealth avrnur
with a. much case and ~ ,rtlc difficulty a.
N"u "uid sell a punt nj lcauut> ~ "attlc
fair lie was man of business, that broker
was, and :" Use an expression whlrh ht de
lighted in, he liked to S-r, things go nj the.
hrst -cracI~
/ rather liked hun. although | was rot
stuck on him. Tor / Wa taught IN INV earl
Ter ami imo,eut DAYS to le cautious IA INV
dealings With the man who talked business a.
cold hloniedlv 10 me As an Anarchist hurls a
bnmh al "A car "f all the RuSSia>.
~Nnu buy legacic>:' remarked. Such n
'iat, stale and unprutigghle remark. |
thought. he>ids the vigorous AMI prolonged
push which he gave to hIs alacritouS vocai-
uarv.
Yes" hc replied Il make and have made
great many contingent investments
uhIt Investments some call them. lou Will
perceive that my business Is novel one. in
thus country at least Ii l. If frequent occur-
reuce IA England for young man who hs~
i-'eu b-queaIhed II sum al money, or left
sane real estate. To- >eil his right To- such prop
erty. the huyeT, of course. not reahzin. his
hrsetit until the death of some guardian
unr!-. aunt or parent OF course We take no
chano,, on simple wills Of living persons, as
such persons may change their wills a dozen
times before they 90 over the river. Nhse
would Ne H. II We lid. We'd he in the river,
aud not aioat. YOU l--t
BENEFITS oF THE BUSINESS
Let me give vou an illustration of the
benefits "f this business. Only few days
ago a sailor chap steps IN here. Saws he, I've
yuSt cnme ashore, having laid alongside cne Of
| nclr Sam> guns Tor year>. | haven't nick.
We see, and "a chap ~ would like 10 90 with me
Ia ser Jake kIlraIn and Joe Lsnnun maui
each other give me the tip that sell what
right has ln the property left me and me
brother hv the old man | can't get pick
until the oir. woman die>. and although shes
near 81. >ilNrr nl- iInihers II Cont think i'm
be bIg hreak i-.iore she S.es ai"it. So, y-
se--. | SoaS - me brother, and axes him what
he'll give me tur INV share. He tells me that
my share amt worth II schooner OF beer. I'm
di>heartrn,yl. dye s-e. until this chap a.
wants t. s,' the iight-a leller a. reads, he l..
though hr DOGS hu0le-tell> ne that you could
do me ul, N.,w. if We can. and does, I'm IA"
tar If / don't drink Yer health more'n Nun,t
Nc >t,r capn Ne want 10 get . peep nj th ,
naulug
Questioning the fellow further. | We
sSsurt~l thai hi> claim solid, and off.f p!
LIN 500 f"r II At the first crack. He w"it
away and s.,nn returned with the informant un
that hI> brother hsd abandoned the ~'hnaner
OF n-er theory. aud would 4sye him 81 go ln
,uli cash. ] went the brother S.no Letter.
however, and CLOSED the trade.
SO. You sex, | have not a. Yet r@NeIved a
Copp-T la return for nv expenditure, ana
won't until the >siilor'> mother died bt
Cour>.. the chsnce. ar. against her living long
enough to euchIe NE ont Of my investment
Nou Inu,i remember there are cases where
the priucipal ami compound interest nf the
sum advanced NAV iH time rN'c--i the sum
realized in the end You see. some old
women newer die. Whats ~ Xii them!
HaNns I,aSa-d through sli the critical stages
oi womauh"od. leadmS exemplary lives. re
tiilnS eariN and no: arising too early, drink
ing tea and eating toast. why shouldn't they
live hong enough to hatiie me. Some day
far away-they NAV dry up and blow Oft.
then have a show 10 make dollar.
-Ncu see this business Is the reverse OF life
insurance While the life insurance man Is
interested in the prolongatiOn OF human life,
the legacy huyer looks upon death as the
messenger who unlocks the safety deposit
x,,Frs % piv.--. S.,s i'is.i.--, -
I-,,cy l,uv.r happy Thus the dark pail lie
:. me, All immaculate webbing garment
THE DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED.
II. went on: IN tel You another thing.
&, often happens that this contingent invest
Inant business operates in favor oil the one
who takeS the risk and the ere who sells the
legacy Thus, 10 protect myself, frequently
,-,r th,, life OF the man iii question insured Tor
a ann equal TO the expected legacy. so, IL
H., dies before get my legacy, why an
,.r,t-ft.d by the insurance. 1t has 80 hap
,,au..I that g,., nv share all right, while the
,uan who is insured, or his family, Is not ltAt
either.
..Brt | do wish had those old ladies, good
souls, of NV hands I've got three OF them
already. and NAV have more before winter
thaws out in the lap of spring. However
,,raFar them TO some of tn. beats | come IN
contact with. You can't imagine the nuineG
ous forces against which / am obliged "a
work something's. Dishonest legacy hunters,
,,,s,.r,rnulous trustees and such. There Is a
wide scope for a man who wants 10 pt
crooked Now, If buy legacy from i~i
low there is nothing TO prevent MN IRON
s-llng It again 10 some other man. lh'
courts in this state have decided that the IA
yeSfutent belongs 10 the first purchaser
Therefore. if a fellow comes IN here 10 one
Ene Il legacy for sale, how do know that n
has not already sold il 10 somebody else:
But YOU ought L. see the array OF crank
with whom | have 10 deal, he went Oh
Why. they come here from all parts, Iron
all classes and conditions, imagining that the
Iay. got some money tied up somewneft
Nhy 4 had :. woman come ia here not Ion
AGO who told me that Jay Gould held s'e'
tVst in trust for her. ami that she would -
II for iUo-tniris Oi course, sh" did not lo'
nm. Then a colurei woman, who claims I
Ia, ,ue,n of Africa. and who speaks OF be
daughter ~ tee princes Is a trequent caile1
She saws that she owns a gold mine or III;
LII. will own one when her father. wno Is j ~
yaar. old dies Sue SAWS the mine l. IA u
,'nuqo country. think it must exist III Il
GREAT desert of Sahara; that l., IN the on
U,sis of her brain. Then there Is Il Chinam7
who wants to sell me his Interest III a tea mel
which he saws i thirty miles outside
Canton, China. HiS i. sad story. de
rl,res that be WIS Il merchant OF respect al
prominence in Canton, bit, through love
r,suin neglected his business, which hnai
+ "A into the hands of creditors, with the {
,,.-io,. Of a certain field, which, by Mons
IL, .aw. as old a. Confucius, still renal
- ,rat which he cannot dispose OF WI
l.,uz. H. thinks he eau sell II when nc
,d. don't believe 1t. He Nay, h- Keep
.f.iry now on Howard street -l"'ST
{, he.
lh- Manager "i I'll" sun
o. Nft.- Mr. England, the energetic l'ihls
If rb,- New lurk sun. dIrd the conc
l.,rd around for some man "ho '"did
,lare 4 Mr Latin who "a> IA the
a.,srtment Of one Of the successful nia
-. -. ua. suggested such man. who
T. overlook draw ing. engrnNIngs. ehSraN
,,.-,-,-> etc " A. the sprt OF person an -
L.hment like The sun required HIS
were falliu. under the close application o